kingama

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-kingama (infinitive kukingama)

  1. to obstruct, barricade
  2. to cross over

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kingama
Positive present -nakingama
Subjunctive -kingame
Negative -kingami
Imperative singular kingama
Infinitives
Positive kukingama
Negative kutokingama
Imperatives
Singular kingama
Plural kingameni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukingama
Positive past positive subject concord + -likingama
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukingama
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakingama)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakingama/nakingama tunakingama
2nd person unakingama mnakingama
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakingama wanakingama
other classes positive subject concord + -nakingama
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kingami)
Singular Plural
1st person sikingami hatukingami
2nd person hukingami hamkingami
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakingami hawakingami
other classes negative subject concord + -kingami
Positive future positive subject concord + -takingama
Negative future negative subject concord + -takingama
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kingame)
Singular Plural
1st person nikingame tukingame
2nd person ukingame mkingame
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akingame wakingame
other classes positive subject concord + -kingame
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikingame
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekingama
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekingama
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikingama
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikingama
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akingama)
Singular Plural
1st person nakingama twakingama
2nd person wakingama mwakingama
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akingama wakingama
m-mi(III/IV) wakingama yakingama
ji-ma(V/VI) lakingama yakingama
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakingama vyakingama
n(IX/X) yakingama zakingama
u(XI) wakingama see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakingama
pa(XVI) pakingama
mu(XVIII) mwakingama
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekingama
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakingama
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakingama
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikingama
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokingama
Consecutive kakingama / positive subject concord + -kakingama
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakingame
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikingama -tukingama
2nd person -kukingama -wakingama/-kukingameni/-wakingameni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkingama -wakingama
m-mi(III/IV) -ukingama -ikingama
ji-ma(V/VI) -likingama -yakingama
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikingama -vikingama
n(IX/X) -ikingama -zikingama
u(XI) -ukingama see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukingama
pa(XVI) -pakingama
mu(XVIII) -mukingama
Reflexive -jikingama
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kingama- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kingamaye -kingamao
m-mi(III/IV) -kingamao -kingamayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kingamalo -kingamayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kingamacho -kingamavyo
n(IX/X) -kingamayo -kingamazo
u(XI) -kingamao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kingamako
pa(XVI) -kingamapo
mu(XVIII) -kingamamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kingama)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekingama -okingama
m-mi(III/IV) -okingama -yokingama
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokingama -yokingama
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokingama -vyokingama
n(IX/X) -yokingama -zokingama
u(XI) -okingama see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokingama
pa(XVI) -pokingama
mu(XVIII) -mokingama
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms